Draw with both losing 2 points out of their max points tally.
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The race for second place.
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Yeah....... But we're Spurs.
If i had to choose 1 winner I would prefer Pool to win tbh.
I am absolutely unconcerned about top 4. It was wrapped up weeks ago.
We aren't Liverpool. We aren't giving up a 5 point gap in the last 2 weeks of the season.
We aren't Liverpool. We aren't giving up a 5 point gap in the last 2 weeks of the season.
I wish I shared your optimism, I really do.
Until it's mathematically nailed on I'm fucking fretting.
And even then I'll still have some doubts lurking around.
I can’t help but think Newcastle 
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Let’s hope they concentrate and take it across the line.
ochfacepalm:Let’s hope they concentrate and take it across the line.
Chelsea not to win suits us best. No difference between Top 2/3/4 at this stage.
The sooner Chelsea are irrelevant the better.
The sooner Chelsea are irrelevant the better.
Us to win and Liverpool lose, gives us third spot by two points with a game in hand, and we stay 5pts ahead of Chelsea with 2 games left.
No brainer.
Plus Liverpool’s league form is being wrecked by the CL, which they will not win.
This could be a very nice ending to the season. I’d still rather the dippers get 4th ahead of Chelsea though.....I don’t remember Liverpool ever hissing gas chamber noises at us.
No brainer.
Plus Liverpool’s league form is being wrecked by the CL, which they will not win.
This could be a very nice ending to the season. I’d still rather the dippers get 4th ahead of Chelsea though.....I don’t remember Liverpool ever hissing gas chamber noises at us.
agreed however missing out on CL next year will have more impact on Liverpool... Chelsea will just carry on regardless. Also the melting would be amazing... If Chelsea sneak 4th and lose the FA Cup final they will be pretty quiet... Man U have sneaked under the radar and play shite football, would rather Jose stays longer driving them further into the ground.
I wish it was as easy as the first 3 words of your post.
I agree that Chavski fans are the absolute dregs of utter filth. And also that whenever up in Liverpool I've had decent conversations with their fans.
However, imo we have to be completely practical on this one. We are closing in on Liverpool; after finishing ahead of them in the PL every season bar one in the last decade, we have now almost reached their turnover. They are the team in our sights, and they are the ones we must now overtake.
Our Stadium will be bigger, our match day revenue will be much bigger. Our CL corporate stuff will be massive. They scraped CL last year on the final day, in effect relying on Goon's worst showing in 20 years. Another couple of years of CL, at New WHL, and them only in Europy, they will defo suffer.
They are the ones at risk of dropping out of the top 4 in the longer term. I can see a new top 5 emerging, very similar to what we had for years in the old first division, but this time the 2 Manchester clubs and the 3 London ones. Liverpool's history might not be enough to drag them up into it. The 3 London clubs will be helped by the massive economy that is London, MUFC will always be on a par with Real and Barca, and City are the national team of an oil state.
I'm holding my nose and hope that LFC don't get CL.
Yeah when you think about Pool are at a bit of a crossroads - win the CL, big injection of cash and more CL next year plus no doubt better players and continuing their European success history etc etc, secure the next 10 years easy; or
Get whipped by Madrid in final, lose to chavs, drop out of top 4, maybe lose some top players... not quite Leeds but I definitely see at as one extreme or the other. If it wasn’t for my deep hatred of Chelsea I wouldn’t be so ambivalent about it all. Forced to choose I’d take virtually anyone other than the chavs
Also, changing the title of this thread....hubris anyone?
I think he’s been brilliant for us and he’ll get better
Someone wanted to bench him earlier in the season
Would take 4th if offered. The risk of finishing 5th for the sake of 3rd isn't worth it. Hoping for liverpool to beat chelsea.
& also very happy for us to get more scrappy wins like the 1 against watford.
Confident we will get 4th but then again I predicted us to get past juve, utd & west ham in the cups.
& also very happy for us to get more scrappy wins like the 1 against watford.
Confident we will get 4th but then again I predicted us to get past juve, utd & west ham in the cups.
Stop bloody predicting victories for us then!!
If we beat WBA, surely a draw between Chelsea and Liverpool is the result we want.
It leaves us on 74 points with 6 left to play for (max poss 80), Liverpool on 73 with 3 left to play for (max poss 76) and Chelsea on 67 with 6 left to play for (max poss 73).
It leaves us on 74 points with 6 left to play for (max poss 80), Liverpool on 73 with 3 left to play for (max poss 76) and Chelsea on 67 with 6 left to play for (max poss 73).
Had a shower thought this morning.
If we were still in CL, as in the final, would we risk 4th for the chance of glory? So resting Kane Dele Eriksen?
Becuase I see Liverpool in that position now.
Pretty sure Chelsea beat them this weekend. Do you rest Salah as much as possible? They're not the same without him.
Basically, knowing our recent history, there's a bit of me that's glad we're not in their position of being so close to both glory and disaster.
(Answer is no, I don't think Poch rests players in the league, we've seen enough of him prioritising it by now IMO)
If we were still in CL, as in the final, would we risk 4th for the chance of glory? So resting Kane Dele Eriksen?
Becuase I see Liverpool in that position now.
Pretty sure Chelsea beat them this weekend. Do you rest Salah as much as possible? They're not the same without him.
Basically, knowing our recent history, there's a bit of me that's glad we're not in their position of being so close to both glory and disaster.
(Answer is no, I don't think Poch rests players in the league, we've seen enough of him prioritising it by now IMO)
Even looking at it practically, I don't think it's so clear cut. The nazis will suffer massively from not being in the CL too. Roman isn't happy to spend like he used to, plus transfer fees going up mean that it's more expensive for him. He don't have the wealth that City do, and less ways of getting around financial fair play. They would be likely to lose Hazard and they also have a long period of time coming up where they will be likely be playing at Wembley/West Ham, which will be tough for them especially if they're not in the CL.
But more importantly I just hate them too much!